Oscar Aldred
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Safe travels. Have a good one.
December 23, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Safe travels. Have a good one.
Excavations led by myself and Matt Brudenell, as part of a training excavation for University of Cambridge students, investigated a linear anomaly south of the monument. As possible 'outer works', these re-purposed a BA ditch, constructing an IA palisade feature (doi.org/10.17863/CAM...).
A ditch and palisade feature in Hill Figure Field, Wandlebury: interim report on excavations in 2024
After a 30-year hiatus, the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, with the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU), returned to Wandlebury in Spring 2024 to conduct a research-orientated stu...
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December 4, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Excavations led by myself and Matt Brudenell, as part of a training excavation for University of Cambridge students, investigated a linear anomaly south of the monument. As possible 'outer works', these re-purposed a BA ditch, constructing an IA palisade feature (doi.org/10.17863/CAM...).
Excavations, under the direction of Charlie French, also University of Cambridge, between 1994-1997, continued to investigate the monument, but focused on some of the interior spaces, and an adjacent field; settlement activity was noted - see article in PCAS 2004 (doi.org/10.5284/1073...).
Evaluation survey and excavation at Wnadlebury ringwork, Cambridgeshire, 1994-7
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December 4, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Excavations, under the direction of Charlie French, also University of Cambridge, between 1994-1997, continued to investigate the monument, but focused on some of the interior spaces, and an adjacent field; settlement activity was noted - see article in PCAS 2004 (doi.org/10.5284/1073...).
Excavations, under the direction of Graham Clark, University of Cambridge between 1955-56 - see Hartley's article in PCAS 1957 (doi.org/10.5284/1072...) - showed Wandlebury to have at least two phases of banks and ramparts, convincingly demonstrating it as a hillfort.
The Wandlebury Iron Age Hill-fort, Excavations of 1955-6.
doi.org
December 4, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Excavations, under the direction of Graham Clark, University of Cambridge between 1955-56 - see Hartley's article in PCAS 1957 (doi.org/10.5284/1072...) - showed Wandlebury to have at least two phases of banks and ramparts, convincingly demonstrating it as a hillfort.
Was a conclusion reached regarding professional/commercial/development-led archaeology? At the CAU I personally and others too straddle the commercial and research worlds. But if this is archaeology defined by context AND practice then we perhaps do ‘development-led’ research archaeology.
November 24, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Was a conclusion reached regarding professional/commercial/development-led archaeology? At the CAU I personally and others too straddle the commercial and research worlds. But if this is archaeology defined by context AND practice then we perhaps do ‘development-led’ research archaeology.